The Bavarian Wedding Cake
The origin of the wedding cake can be traced as far back as the Roman Empire, when icing was not even invented. A loaf of barley bread was baked for the ceremony. The groom would then eat some of the bread and break the remaining piece over the bride's head!
[Source: http://www.hofers.com/CakeHistory.htm]
As the above URL address indicates, I found this little nugget of wedding cake trivia on the website of Hofer's bakery in Helen, Georgia. Hofer's Bakery helpfully also demonstrates how the Konditorei prepares its Bavarian Pretzels.
The following real dialogue between my friend and his bride at their wedding, shows there is more than one way to prepare a Bavarian Pretzel. The groom's name is Darling. The bride's name is Lovely.
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Darling: Lovely, I am having fun. I sink ze time haz come for ze vedding cake.
Lovely: Sure, Darling. Why don't you ask the caterer to bring it out.
Darling: No need to bring out ze big vedding cake. Look, I have a loaf of barley bread right here in front me. Vy don't I quickly take a bite and zen I shall break ze rest over your head. Alright?
Lovely: Are you mad? In front of all the guests!
Darling: Of course, zat is how my family used to do it back home in Austria!
Lovely: But, Darling, I thought we already discussed this. You are in the US now. Grooms just don't do that sort of thing here anymore.
Darling: But zis is my vedding too, and I need to adhere to my customs. You are making me very angry!
Lovely: Calm down, Darling! Yes, this is your wedding, and yes, your customs are important, but I swear that if you break that stuff over my head, I will make a Bavarian Pretzel out of you!
Darling: Oh no, you vill not! Because to make a Pretzel one needs special dough, and special stuff to make ze Pretzel shine, and a very special European oven - don't you know anything about baking a Pretzel?! Besides, I am Austrian not Bavarian.
Lovely: Darling, please just bring out the damn wedding cake - I have no patience for your foolish jokes!
Darling: But I am not joking. Look, I have barley bread here, and I sink I vill ask ze band to announce ze breaking of ze vedding cake...
***
But just then the caterer wheeled out the real wedding cake and a crisis was averted. I have no doubt, though, that if Darling had broken the bread over Lovely's head, she would have made a Bavarian Pretzel out of him.
Beat that, Hofer's!
His Serene Highness,
The Magnificent D
[Source: http://www.hofers.com/CakeHistory.htm]
As the above URL address indicates, I found this little nugget of wedding cake trivia on the website of Hofer's bakery in Helen, Georgia. Hofer's Bakery helpfully also demonstrates how the Konditorei prepares its Bavarian Pretzels.
The following real dialogue between my friend and his bride at their wedding, shows there is more than one way to prepare a Bavarian Pretzel. The groom's name is Darling. The bride's name is Lovely.
***
Darling: Lovely, I am having fun. I sink ze time haz come for ze vedding cake.
Lovely: Sure, Darling. Why don't you ask the caterer to bring it out.
Darling: No need to bring out ze big vedding cake. Look, I have a loaf of barley bread right here in front me. Vy don't I quickly take a bite and zen I shall break ze rest over your head. Alright?
Lovely: Are you mad? In front of all the guests!
Darling: Of course, zat is how my family used to do it back home in Austria!
Lovely: But, Darling, I thought we already discussed this. You are in the US now. Grooms just don't do that sort of thing here anymore.
Darling: But zis is my vedding too, and I need to adhere to my customs. You are making me very angry!
Lovely: Calm down, Darling! Yes, this is your wedding, and yes, your customs are important, but I swear that if you break that stuff over my head, I will make a Bavarian Pretzel out of you!
Darling: Oh no, you vill not! Because to make a Pretzel one needs special dough, and special stuff to make ze Pretzel shine, and a very special European oven - don't you know anything about baking a Pretzel?! Besides, I am Austrian not Bavarian.
Lovely: Darling, please just bring out the damn wedding cake - I have no patience for your foolish jokes!
Darling: But I am not joking. Look, I have barley bread here, and I sink I vill ask ze band to announce ze breaking of ze vedding cake...
***
But just then the caterer wheeled out the real wedding cake and a crisis was averted. I have no doubt, though, that if Darling had broken the bread over Lovely's head, she would have made a Bavarian Pretzel out of him.
Beat that, Hofer's!
His Serene Highness,
The Magnificent D
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